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The Trace Matrix provides a visual representation of relationships within a Project. This provides an intuitive way to quickly see relationships for a Set of Items. For example, you may want to select a Set of requirements and see which have related test cases. The matrix also helps determine impact when a change occurs. You can quickly see what Items are related and evaluate the impact.
To view the matrix:
| 1. | From the Navigation panel's header located on the right-side, select the Project -> Trace Matrix. |
| 2. | When the window opens, select the Set to be displayed along the left-side and the second Set to be displayed along the top |
| 3. | Click on View Matrix. |
Note: To help keep things straight when viewing a large matrix you can single click on a row to highlight it.
Creating / Editing Relationships from the Matrix
Viewing a matrix to find errors or missing relationships is helpful, but Contour takes it a step further by allowing you to make adjusts to your Item relationships from the matrix as well.
| 1. | From the Trace Matrix, double click on the desired cell that aligns with the two Items. |
| 2. | A trace relationship dialog box is opened where you can edit or create a new relationship. |
| 3. | Select the direction of the relationship and click on Update. New relationships will use default relationship type. Selecting the No Trace option removes a relationship between the Items. |
Note: The option to "Trace Forward and Backward" will create two separate relationships pointing both directions.
